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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Schneier on Security
The Threat of Cyberwar Has Been Grossly Exaggerated
There's a power struggle going on in the U.S. government right now. It's about who is in charge of cyber security, and how much control the government will exert...
From Putting People First
Habitar
Today I received the catalogue of the Habitar exhibition, organised by LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre, an exhibition centre for art, science, technology...
From Schneier on Security
"Don't Commit Crime"
This sign is from a gas station in the U.K. My first reaction was to laugh, but then I started thinking about it. We know that signs like "No Shoplifting"...
From Computational Complexity
Drowning in Data
At a CCC Council meeting last week, a common theme emerged. The Army is "swimming with sensors and drowning in data". Biologists are considering trashing some of...
From Wild WebMink
? Join Me At Open World Forum
The conference landscape evolves constantly. Old events pass away, new ones arrive and it’s good to get pointers to know what’s worthwhile. I can recommend this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lego Robotics
Learing the scientific method through Lego Robotics. Making the point that simple rules can lead to complex behavior. Now when shown complex behavior can we determine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gas vs Stamps vs CPI
MJ Perry does a good job of comparing the US price of postage stamps, vs Gasoline, versus the Consumer Price Index. Very telling about the increasing lack of efficiency...
From The Noisy Channel
Beyond Social Currency
A research study I like enough to have blogged about it a few times is Princeton sociologist
From The Eponymous Pickle
Layers for Foursquare
FourSquare has introduced a layer concept that will allow you to view physical map spaces through a number of outside sources of information. More examples at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Shaping Store Shelves
Good overview article in a local paper about how companies are using advanced technologies to understand the shopping progress. With frequent mention of P&G. Yes...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
At the Interface between Computer Science and Economics
NSF/CISE has just announced a new program at the Interface between Computer Science and Economics & Social Science (ICES): Computational thinking has the potential...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CS Going Mobile?
I recently ran across some statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau that I found interesting. By 2008, the number of text messages sent on cell phones (357 per...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Writing for IPhone and Android
Good introductory CWorld piece on writing Apps for multiple mobile smartphone platforms. I have talked to friends who have done both and there is lots of support...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-07-06
Woot calls out Associated Press for plagiarism Lovely Woot piece today, pointing out that if Woot quoted AP the way AP quoted Woot, they would demand payment. AP's...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The Five Most Important Algorithms?
Bernhard Koutschan posted a compilation of the most important algorithms. The goal is to determine the 5 most important algorithms. Out of his list, I would select...
From Schneier on Security
Research Report on Cyberattack Capabilities
From the National Academies in 2009: Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities. It's 390 pages.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Provide input to the PCAST review of the NITRD program!
Congress mandates periodic assessments of the federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program — the program under which 14...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Accelerating Artificial Intelligence
A redesigned Kurzweil AI site is up, and also an associated blog. We know Ray Kurzweil for his work on intelligence and singularity. Worth watching for tracking...
From The Eponymous Pickle